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Refresh your morning with classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Sirens of the Ball - waltz [after The Merry Widow]

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Partita in C Minor BWV.997 (Prelude [performed in A minor])

    Performer: Sharon Isbin.
    • Bach for Guitar (Inspiration).
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 119.
  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    A John Field Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Harty: A John Field Suite: Bryden Thomson, Ulster Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus Domino meo (Dixit Dominus HWV.232)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Handel/Bach: Dixit Dominus/Magnificat: Taverner Choir and Players/Parrott.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin-Suite, Helios U.A.: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
  • John Dowland

    Come again, sweet love doth now invite

    Music Arranger: Taracea. Ensemble: Taracea.
    • Alpha.
  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg variations Op.1 for piano

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • The Art of Christoph Eschenbach.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 150.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Wagner: Preludes: Siegried-Idyll/Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Hilary Kleinig

    Great White Bird

    Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.
    • Navona Records.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A New Year Carol (Friday Afternoons, Op.7)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Stephen Westrop. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Britten: The Choral Works, Volume III.
    • Collins.
    • 11.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Krzysztof Urba艅ski.
    • DG.
  • Philip Glass

    Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Ensemble: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • Decca.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Air pour les sauvages & Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Rameau: Les Indes Galantes: Orchestra of the 18th Century/Bruggen.
    • Philips.
    • 21-22.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La gallina (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 15.
  • Trad.

    The Hen's March To The Midden

    Music Arranger: The Dubliners. Ensemble: The Dubliners.
    • The Dubliners.
    • Celtic Airs Records.
    • 52.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La poule (Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin 2eme livre)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Debussy 鈥 Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 23.
  • Ferdinand H茅rold

    Dance of the cock and hens (La fille mal gard茅e)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • H茅rold, Lanchbery: La fille mal gard茅e.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Tomita. Performer: Tomita.
    • RCA.
  • Harry Gregson鈥怶illiams

    Chicken Run (Main Theme)

    Composer: John Powell. Music Arranger: Sandy Smith. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Movie Brass.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 13.
  • Joan Whitney

    Ain't nobody here but us chickens

    Composer: Alex Kramer. Ensemble: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five.
    • JSP Records.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Band of HM Royal Marines. Conductor: Huw Williams.
    • Chevron.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ave regina caelorum 脿 8

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Palestrina - Volume 4. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 10.
  • Mel Bonis

    Soir (Soir et matin Op.76)

    Performer: Sandrine Cantoreggi. Performer: Gustav Rivinius. Performer: Sheila Arnold.
    • Mel Bonis: Entre Soir et Matin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 19.
  • Mel Bonis

    Matin (Soir et matin Op.76)

    Performer: Sandrine Cantoreggi. Performer: Gustav Rivinius. Performer: Sheila Arnold.
    • Mel Bonis: Entre Soir et Matin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 20.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto for trumpet, 2 oboes and strings in D major

    Performer: Mark Bennett. Performer: Paul Goodwin. Performer: Lorraine Wood. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Fasch: Concertos/Orchestral suite: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 1.
  • Joby Talbot

    Path of Miracles (Leon)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor Op.7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Carl Nielsen

    A Little Slow Waltz (Humoresque-Bagatelles Op.11)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Carl Nielsen: Complete piano music: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.
  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley

    Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: The Collector's Edition.
    • Chandos.

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